How To Install libiscsi-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi-devel on CentOS 7. libiscsi-devel is iSCSI client development libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi-devel on CentOS 7.

What is libiscsi-devel

The libiscsi-devel package includes the header files for libiscsi. The libiscsi-devel package includes the header files for libiscsi.

We can use yum or dnf to install libiscsi-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libiscsi-devel.

Install libiscsi-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libiscsi-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libiscsi-devel

Install libiscsi-devel on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libiscsi-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libiscsi-devel

How To Uninstall libiscsi-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libiscsi-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libiscsi-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiscsi-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.